Squier FSR Classic Vibe '70s Telecaster Thinline Olympic White MN Electric Guitar

This is my first Squier and I thought I would take a chance given the good reviews I have seen for Classic Vibe guitars. It is obvious that the guitar was built on a production line with very little time spent on it. Out of the box, the guitar was in a poor state. As others have mentioned elsewhere, the neck was filthy and there were white stains/marks all around the neck binding/edges. It looked like dried glue stains. I managed to clean this off with my fingernail and a cloth. Next the bridge was atrocious. To save money and time, Squier fit the same size bridge saddle screws to every saddle. Given the arch of the neck, this means that the saddle screws on the top and bottom screws are much too high and they tear up your hand when playing the guitar. I have seen this problem on other Squier guitars, so this is obviously a common cost saving thing. Luckily I had some spare shorter saddle screws and managed to fix this myself. Finally, the nut was very poorly cut with the strings too high off the fretboard. I had to take the guitar to my local luthier who managed to fix this for me. He said that the nut slots were too high and unevenly cut. Finally after stringing with a fresh set of 11s, I then had to tighten the truss rod. I have now ended up with a very nice playing guitar and I am happy with it. So if you buy this guitar (and I suspect this applies to other Squiers) then be prepared to spend some time and effort getting it right - I strongly recommend getting a professional to tune the nut as this can be difficult without the proper tools and experience. Given the intense competition at the cheaper end of the market (eg. Sire, Jet, etc) I think Squier need to up their game and improve the QC on their guitars. I bought a £150 Jet guitar recently which was much better out of the box and needed nothing significant doing to it.

Van drummer naar bassist heb ik hierbij uiteindelijk toch mijn eerste gitaar gekocht. De semi-hollow body zorgt voor een mooi resonant clean geluid en de Humbucker pickups zorgen ervoor dat ie een stevig rockgeluid kan maken met de juiste pedalen erbij. De kleur is erg classy en de afwerking is over het algemeen netjes, maar je ziet wel bij het gat dat de verf er fabrieksmatig is opgezet. Ik ben erg tevreden over de gitaar - over de aankoop zelf net iets minder, vandaar de 4 ipv 5 sterren. Gekocht voor €456 en nu een week later opeens verkrijgbaar voor zo'n €20 minder? Niet erg gepast.